Reproducible Arch Linux Packages
Recommended read: Reproducible Arch Linux Packages https://linderud.dev/blog/reproducible-arch-linux-packages/
Safely Creating And Using Temporary Files
This is a great resource to highlight the difficulty of creating temporary files safely - something I've tried to share before but without these great examples.
Its especially bad if using a shared CI/CD server and putting downloaded files into /tmp as you don't know whether it'll be clobbered / stolen by others on the instance
Recommended read: Safely Creating And Using Temporary Files https://www.netmeister.org/blog/mktemp.html
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#linux
#command-line.
Getting Started With Vim (3 mins read).
How to dip your toes into Vim to learn some of the basics.
Recommended read: The grammar of Vim https://rc3.org/2012/05/12/the-grammar-of-vim/
by Jamie Tanna
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Iām Officially Part of the IndieWeb
Recommended read: Iām Officially Part of the IndieWeb https://www.jhsheridan.com/officially-indieweb/
Recommended read: Unnecessary use of `curl -X` https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2015/09/11/unnecessary-use-of-curl-x/
by Jamie Tanna
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#curl
#command-line.
The Future of Monzo - What Does Open Banking Mean for Monzo?
Recommended read: The Future of Monzo - What Does Open Banking Mean for Monzo? https://youtu.be/t_oAsDWYjM8
Building the new LeedsJS website
A great look at how folks are looking at taking ownership back from Meetup.com
Recommended read: Building the new LeedsJS website https://lukeb.co.uk/2019/11/11/building-the-new-leedsjs-website/
by Jamie Tanna
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#events
#meetup.com
#personal-website
#indieweb.
Gotcha: Netlify Makes All Your Filenames Case-Insensitive (1 mins read).
Beware if you have a requirement for case-sensitive URLs for Netlify.
by Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#nablopomo
#netlify
#www.jvt.me.
Dockle: Container Image Linter for Security
Recommended read: Dockle: Container Image Linter for Security https://github.com/goodwithtech/dockle
Reply to https://www.robinrendle.com/notes/improving-my-workflow
Although it doesn't help you, Hugo has Archetypes https://gohugo.io/content-management/archetypes/ to set up these repetitive and boring bits of metadata for new content types - it makes a huge difference in getting up and running with your boilerplate š
by Jamie Tanna
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#hugo.
I will not be attending PHPMiNDS November 2019: ā” Lightning Talks ā” on
Unfortunately I won't be able to make this due to family circumstances, but hope everyone has a great time!
by Jamie Tanna
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Recommended read: Indieweb Updates and Thoughts https://roytang.net/2019/11/indieweb/
by Jamie Tanna
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Making Hugo Generate Case Sensitive URLs (2 mins read).
How to make your Hugo URLs case sensitive.
by Jamie Tanna
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#blogumentation
#nablopomo
#hugo
#www.jvt.me.
You Have To Take People With You
Recommended read: You Have To Take People With You https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2019/11/you-have-to-take-people-with-you/
by Jamie Tanna
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New Push Notification: Suspicious Transactions (2 mins read).
A concerning experience with fraudulent transactions on my Monzo account.
by Jamie Tanna
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#monzo
#banking
#nablopomo.
IndieKit: An IndieWeb publishing toolkit
Recommended read: IndieKit: An IndieWeb publishing toolkit https://paulrobertlloyd.github.io/indiekit/
by Jamie Tanna
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#indieweb
#micropub.
Request for Enhancement for Gousto: Reducing Partial Use of Ingredients (1 mins read).
An opportunity to reduce food waste by suggesting when meals use only some of an ingredient.
I love this concept - partly why I bookmark posts under https://www.jvt.me/kind/bookmarks/ for longevity and to share with others
Recommended read: My Personal Linklog http://msaavedra.com/posts/my-personal-linklog/
by Jamie Tanna
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Chef Attributes and default.rb - it's in the name (3 mins read).
Why you should only be setting defaults in your Chef attributes, and moving heavy lifting elsewhere.
by Jamie Tanna
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#nablopomo
#chef
#chefspec.
Recommended read: How to present at a hack day https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2019/11/how-to-present-at-a-hack-day/
by Jamie Tanna
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#public-speaking.
A fresh new look for this site
Recommended read: A fresh new look for this site https://ma.ttias.be/fresh-new-look-site-2019/
Take Take Take: Rethinking How I Consume Free and Open Source Software (4 mins read).
Thinking about how I should be contributing back to the projects I rely on so heavily, both financially and with my own contributions.
by Jamie Tanna
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#personal
#free-software
#open-source
#licensing
#nablopomo.
Recommended read: The web is not dying https://gomakethings.com/the-web-is-not-dying/
by Jamie Tanna
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#web.
We built network isolation for 1,500 services to make Monzo more secure
Recommended read: We built network isolation for 1,500 services to make Monzo more secure https://monzo.com/blog/we-built-network-isolation-for-1-500-services/
by Jamie Tanna
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#microservices
#monzo
#kubernetes
#security
#networking.
Cloud Irregular: Amazon won't spin off AWS, and that's too bad for AWS
Recommended read: Cloud Irregular: Amazon won't spin off AWS, and that's too bad for AWS https://forrestbrazeal.com/2019/07/24/cloud-irregular-amazon-wont-spin-off-aws-and-thats-too-bad-for-aws/
by Jamie Tanna
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#aws.
Recommended read: Why You Should Have a Website https://www.jamesgallagher.app/writing/why-you-should-have-a-website
by Jamie Tanna
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#personal-website
#personal-brand
#blogging
#indieweb.
Reply to https://ma.ttias.be/sysadmin-guide-move-content-new-website/
When doing similar with some changes on my own site, I utilised my RSS feed and sitemap, as they had a full list of my sites content, and then did some checks to validate that the url resolved with my locally built site. Hugely helpful, although the script I wrote was thrown away unfortunately
by Jamie Tanna
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A Linux sysadmin's guide to moving to a new website
Recommended read: A Linux sysadmin's guide to moving to a new website https://ma.ttias.be/sysadmin-guide-move-content-new-website/
I will not be attending Homebrew Website Club: Nottingham on
Unfortunately I'm going to be unable to make this due to family circumstances - I hope some of you still make it and it's a good one!
by Jamie Tanna
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